Doc: add release info

Signed-off-by: Peter Sabaini <peter.sabaini@canonical.com>

docs/.sphinx/spellingcheck.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ matrix:
     - .custom_wordlist.txt
     output: .sphinx/.wordlist.dic
   sources:
-  - _build/**/*.html
+  - _build/**/*.html|!_build/reference/release-notes/**
   pipeline:
   - pyspelling.filters.html:
       comments: false

docs/how-to/index.rst

@@ -60,13 +60,12 @@ RBD pools and images.
 Upgrading your cluster
 ----------------------
 
-Follow these steps carefully to ensure a smooth transition from v.17.2.x (Quincy)
-to v.18.2.x (Reef)
+Follow these steps carefully to perform a major upgrade.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   reef-upgrade
+   major-upgrade
 
 
 Consuming cluster storage

docs/how-to/reef-upgrade.rst → docs/how-to/major-upgrade.rst

@@ -1,18 +1,41 @@
 ===============
-Upgrade to Reef
+Major Upgrades
 ===============
 
 
 Overview
 --------
 
-This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade your MicroCeph cluster from the Quincy release to the Reef release. Follow these steps carefully to prevent to ensure a smooth transition.
+This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade your MicroCeph cluster to a new major release. 
+
+Follow these steps carefully to prevent to ensure a smooth transition.
+
+In the code examples below an upgrade to the Squid stable
+release is shown. The procedure should apply to any major release
+upgrade in a similar way however.
+
 
 
 Procedure
 ---------
 
 
+Prerequisites
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Firstly, before initiating the upgrade, ensure that the cluster is healthy. Use the below command to check the cluster health:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+    sudo ceph -s
+
+**Note**: Do not start the upgrade if the cluster is unhealthy.
+
+
+Secondly, review the :doc:`release notes </reference/release-notes>` to check for any version-specific information.
+
+
+
 Optional but Recommended: Preparation Steps
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -26,16 +49,6 @@ Carry out these precautionary steps before initiating the upgrade:
 
    sudo ceph osd set noout
 
-Checking Ceph Health
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Before initiating the upgrade, ensure that the cluster is healthy. Use the below command to check the cluster health:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
-    sudo ceph -s
-
-**Note**: Do not start the upgrade if the cluster is unhealthy.
 
 Upgrading Each Cluster Node
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -44,7 +57,7 @@ If your cluster is healthy, proceed with the upgrade by refreshing the snap on e
 
 .. code-block:: none
    
-   sudo snap refresh microceph --channel reef/stable
+   sudo snap refresh microceph --channel squid/stable
 
 Be sure to perform the refresh on every node in the cluster.
 
@@ -68,5 +81,6 @@ If you had previously set noout, unset it with this command:
    sudo ceph osd unset noout
 
 
-You have now successfully upgraded to the Reef Release.
+You have now successfully upgraded your Ceph cluster.
+
 

docs/reference/index.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 Reference
 =========
 
-Our Reference section is for when you need to know which MicroCeph commands to use.
+Our Reference section provides technical details about MicroCeph, such
+as reference information about the command line interface and notes on
+major MicroCeph releases.
+
 
 CLI Commands
 ------------
@@ -10,7 +13,14 @@ MicroCeph has a command line interface that can be used to manage a client and t
 Each command is documented separately, or use the help argument from the command line to learn more about the commands while working with MicroCeph,
 with ``microceph help``.
 
+
+Release Notes
+-------------
+
+The release notes section provides details on major MicroCeph releases.
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    commands/index
+   release-notes

docs/reference/release-notes.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+Overview
+========
+
+The Ceph team is happy to announce the release of MicroCeph 19.2.0
+(squid). This is the first stable release in the Squid series of
+releases.
+
+The MicroCeph squid release can be installed from the squid/stable
+track.
+
+Highlights
+==========
+
+-  Uses Ceph 19.2.0 (squid)
+-  Support for RBD remote replication
+-  OSD support for many additional block device types such as NVMe,
+   partitions, LVM volumes
+-  Improved ipv6 support
+-  Updated dependencies, based off of Ubuntu 24.04
+-  Various fixes and documentation improvements
+
+Known Issues
+============
+
+iSCSI users are advised that the upstream developers of Ceph encountered
+a bug during an upgrade from Ceph 19.1.1 to Ceph 19.2.0. Read Tracker
+Issue 68215 before attempting an upgrade to 19.2.0.
+
+List of pull requests
+=====================
+
+- `#467 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/467>`__: Fix: increase timings for osd release
+- `#466 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/466>`__: Adjust ‘verify_health’ iterations
+- `#464 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/464>`__: Test: upgrade update
+- `#463 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/463>`__: Fix: add python3-packaging
+- `#462 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/462>`__: Test: upgrade reef to local build
+- `#461 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/461>`__: Test: add reef to squid upgrade test
+- `#460 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/460>`__: Improve require-osd-release
+- `#459 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/459>`__: Set the ‘require-osd-release’ option on startup
+- `#458 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/458>`__: Updated readme.md
+- `#457 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/457>`__: Modify post-refresh hook to set OSD-release
+- `#456 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/456>`__: Make remote replication CLI conformant to CLI guidelines
+- `#454 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/454>`__: Pin LXD and use microcluster with dqlite LTS
+- `#447 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/447>`__: Update mods, build from noble
+- `#443 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/443>`__: Bootstrap: wait for daemon
+- `#441 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/441>`__: Build from noble-proposed
+- `#440 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/440>`__: Remove tutorial section
+- `#438 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/438>`__: MicroCeph Remote Replication (3/3): Site Failover/Failback
+- `#437 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/437>`__: MicroCeph Remote Replication (2/3): RBD Mirroring
+- `#433 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/433>`__: Docs: fix indexes
+- `#432 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/432>`__: Use square brackets around IPv6 in ceph.conf
+- `#430 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/430>`__: Adds support for RO cluster configs
+- `#429 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/429>`__: Move mounting CephFS shares tutorial to how-to section
+- `#428 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/428>`__: Move mounting RBD tutorial to how-to section
+- `#427 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/427>`__: Move multi-node tutorial to how-to section
+- `#426 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/426>`__: Move multi-node tutorial to how-to section
+- `#422 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/422>`__: Change tutorial landing page
+- `#419 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/419>`__: Change explanation landing page
+- `#418 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/418>`__: Add CephFS to wordlist
+- `#417 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/417>`__: Move MicroCeph charm to explanation section
+- `#416 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/416>`__: Fix reference landing page
+- `#415 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/415>`__: Move single-node tutorial to how-to section
+- `#409 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/409>`__: Fetch current OSD pool configuration over the API
+- `#407 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/407>`__: Add interfaces: rbd kernel module and support
+- `#405 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/405>`__: MicroCeph Remote Replication (1/3): Remote Awareness
+- `#401 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/401>`__: doc: remove ``woke-install`` as prereq for building the docs
+- `#400 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/400>`__: doc: remove ``woke-install`` as prereq for building the docs
+- `#398 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/398>`__: MicroCeph Remote Replication (2/3): RBD Mirroring
+- `#395 <https://github.com/canonical/microceph/pull/395>`__: Use LTS microcluster